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bring home

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  1. Get to the heart of a matter, make perfectly clear. For example, The crash brought home the danger of drinking and driving. This term uses home in the figurative sense of “touching someone or something closely.” [Second half of 1800s]

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Flight attendants squeezed lime juice on Biscoff to create Key lime pie flavor, and passengers tried their luck scoring extra packages to bring home.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now it is up to consumers to help her bring home the dough.

From Barron's

Other years, I would find beautiful Black Santas just waiting to be brought home.

From Los Angeles Times

Our work with Save Ukraine, a great nonprofit that has brought home more than 1,000 kidnapped children, underscores these brutal truths.

From The Wall Street Journal

She offered a handy piece of advice: “I always pack a collapsible duffel on big trips and fill it with clothes on the way home so I can bring home half a suitcase of food.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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